Competition

Date

Tuesday 19th October 2010

Marine Hit Top Half

Marine moved into the top half of the Southern League Premier Division after they secured a emphatic 4-1 win at Didcot Town. The South Marston side found themselves 1-0 down after three minutes but Jamie Gosling (pictured) replied with an effort of his own just after the half hour. The midfielder fired home twice more in the second half to complete a superb hat-trick before Ashan Holgate rounded off the victory in the 73rd minute.

From a Didcot perspective:

From a Didcot Perspective Before we give full credit where it's due, we have to reflect on another home defeat last night (the 5th in 6 League matches) and a Didcot performance which disappointed just as much as Saturday's reverse at Almondsbury. Quite how a side that beat Hemel just a week ago plays with so little confidence and conviction only the players will know. What is clear is next Saturday's trip to Halesowen takes on far greater significance and a better performance is surely the least the travelling Didcot fans (who made the trip to Bristol and who will take the journey at the weekend into the Midlands) will deserve.

Anyway, back to last night and even the most die-hard Didcot supporters will recognize the outstanding performance given by Supermarine who won 4-1 and could have won by more. After a brilliant early Morgan Williams goal it was backs against the wall stuff against probably the best performance by a League side we've played so far this season.

But eventually the pressure told: Jamie Gosling duly struck a sensational hat-trick and underlined why so many recognize he's playing at a league or two at least below where he should be playing; and Ashan Holgate added a fourth. Just to show how important Gosling was to the visitors, when he was substituted with 15 minutes to go the game was at last a contest with both sides creating and missing good chances. But by then, it was all too late.